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Despite UN Denial, Numbers Prove Peacekeepers Wreaking Havoc in Haiti
UN peacekeeping troops (MINUSTAH) face off against protesters outside the headquarters of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council in Port-au-Prince, December 8, 2010. (Photo: mediahacker)
Fit to Be Killed: Manufacturing Synthetic Sanity on Death Row
(Photo: SearchNet Media / Flickr) The gun smoke had barely cleared - leaving six dead and 13 wounded, including Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who had a hole …
The Under-Examined Story of Fallujah
Seven years after the U.S. invasion of Fallujah, there are reports of an alarming rise in the rates of birth defects and cancer. But the crisis, and its possible …
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Half of GOP’s Biggest Bundlers Still Haven’t Picked a Presidential Candidate to Back
For the last three presidential elections, mega bundler Rudy Boschwitz has helped raise millions of dollars for Republicans running for the White House. But this time around, …
The Jobs Crisis: What Did Roosevelt Do That Obama Should?
(Photo: Pete Souza / whitehouse.gov) The nation is experiencing the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression. Princeton economist and former Vice Chair of the Federal …
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Petroleum Junkies of the World, Unite!
I'm a fossil fuel junkie. I drive a car and use electricity. My computer, TV, telephone, refrigerator, stove, lights, water and sewage all run on carbon-based energy.(1) All of …
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This Changes Everything: How the 99% Woke Up
Something happened in September 2011 so unexpected that no politician or pundit saw it coming. Inspired by the Arab Spring and uprisings in Europe, sparked by a …
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Rules of Engagement for Non-Profits and Unions Working with the #Occupy Movement
There has been a great deal of interest by progressive unions, labor federations, community-labor coalitions, and non-profits of many kinds in the rise of the Occupy movement. A lot …
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National Lawyers Guild Files FOIA Requests Seeking Evidence of Federal Role in Occupy Crackdown
With Congress no longer performing its sworn role of defending the US Constitution, the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee and the Partnership for Civil Justice today filed requests …
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Freezing Free Speech: Winter Tents Are “Contraband” for Occupy Boston
Occupy Boston is one of the largest and best established occupations of the 99 Percent movement, in the city known as the Cradle of Liberty for its role in …